Genus Pristis (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Pristidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Pristis is a genus of sawfish, commonly referred to as large-tooth sawfish or freshwater sawfish in some countries, in the family Pristidae.
- Pristis cirrata and Pristis pristis, species within the genus Pristis, were the last sawfish in the Mediterranean.
- Sawfish are closely related and can only be differentiated based on minor variations between species in the genus Pristis.
- Fossil evidence from North America reveals an extensive past diversity within the genus Pristis during prehistoric periods.
- Freshwater habitats once held an extensive distribution of Pristis sawfish from the genus Pristis that varied from its ancestors in both characteristics and environments.